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Tyler Ferrell is the only person in the world named to Golf Digest's list of Best
Young Teachers in
America AND its list of Best Golf Fitness Professionals in America.
Improve Your Side Bend for a Better Golf Swing
After this video, you'll be able to:
- Understand how to properly engage your hips for a more effective swing.
- Feel the difference between an upright spine and a proper side bend during your setup.
- Integrate rotation into your follow-through for improved shot consistency.
In this drill, you'll learn the Jackson 5 progression to enhance your side bend, which is crucial for a proper golf swing. By breaking down the movement, you'll build a solid foundation for better alignment and rotation in your game.
Video Transcript
WEBVTT
1
00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:03.680
This drill video is the Jackson 5 progression.
2
00:00:03.680 --> 00:00:07.300
So basically what we're going to do is we're going to take the Jackson 5, which
3
00:00:07.300 --> 00:00:07.800
if you watch
4
00:00:07.800 --> 00:00:11.410
that video is simply learning how to do this little side bend, goes through all
5
00:00:11.410 --> 00:00:11.920
the details
6
00:00:11.920 --> 00:00:12.920
of that.
7
00:00:12.920 --> 00:00:17.040
We're going to take that movement and bring it progressively closer to the golf
8
00:00:17.040 --> 00:00:17.640
swing.
9
00:00:17.640 --> 00:00:20.000
So first what we're going to do is just standing up.
10
00:00:20.000 --> 00:00:23.610
So you're going to take your club, or here I've just got a shaft, you're going
11
00:00:23.610 --> 00:00:23.980
to place
12
00:00:23.980 --> 00:00:27.520
it across your pelvis so that you can put your thumbs on your hips.
13
00:00:27.520 --> 00:00:31.130
Now if you have a hard time finding your hips, you can just kind of put your
14
00:00:31.130 --> 00:00:31.840
hands wide along
15
00:00:31.840 --> 00:00:35.640
your hips and you can bend to feel exactly where those hip bones are moving.
16
00:00:35.640 --> 00:00:37.120
So mine are right there.
17
00:00:37.120 --> 00:00:40.070
So we're going to put my thumbs on my hips and we're just going to do a few
18
00:00:40.070 --> 00:00:41.400
Jackson 5.
19
00:00:41.400 --> 00:00:44.680
Now if you remember from the Jackson 5 video, we want to make sure that we're
20
00:00:44.680 --> 00:00:45.400
not just doing
21
00:00:45.400 --> 00:00:48.060
it in the back, kind of like so.
22
00:00:48.060 --> 00:00:53.100
We want to make sure that my spine is staying pretty vertical to my pelvis and
23
00:00:53.100 --> 00:00:53.700
I'm just
24
00:00:53.700 --> 00:00:56.000
tilting my pelvis from my hips.
25
00:00:56.000 --> 00:00:58.800
Next progression, we're going to do it in golf posture.
26
00:00:58.800 --> 00:01:02.420
Now you should be doing this facing a mirror so that you can make sure that you
27
00:01:02.420 --> 00:01:03.400
're maintaining
28
00:01:03.400 --> 00:01:07.660
good alignment in your upper body and you're using the right muscles in your
29
00:01:07.660 --> 00:01:08.240
hips.
30
00:01:08.240 --> 00:01:11.090
You want to make sure that you're not shifting your entire body and you want to
31
00:01:11.090 --> 00:01:11.520
make sure
32
00:01:11.520 --> 00:01:14.800
you're not just kinking your spine or just moving your upper body but that it's
33
00:01:14.800 --> 00:01:15.320
all moving
34
00:01:15.320 --> 00:01:18.080
together from the lower body.
35
00:01:18.080 --> 00:01:20.960
The next phase is we're going to add rotation.
36
00:01:20.960 --> 00:01:25.070
So we're going to go Jackson 5 and then we're going to rotate into the follow
37
00:01:25.070 --> 00:01:25.620
through.
38
00:01:25.620 --> 00:01:29.850
So we're going to do Jackson 5 and then rotate into that follow through
39
00:01:29.850 --> 00:01:30.680
position.
40
00:01:30.680 --> 00:01:36.710
So Jackson 5, rotate and make sure when you go to rotate that you don't stand
41
00:01:36.710 --> 00:01:37.560
up or over
42
00:01:37.560 --> 00:01:40.320
rotate your upper body or lose the side bend.
43
00:01:40.320 --> 00:01:42.840
So we've got this side bend, it's going to continue as I go into the follow
44
00:01:42.840 --> 00:01:44.420
through position.
45
00:01:44.420 --> 00:01:48.170
One fun way to add resistance to that is if you set up next to say this is the
46
00:01:48.170 --> 00:01:48.660
corner
47
00:01:48.660 --> 00:01:53.040
of a wall, you get right up against the wall, you're going to do the Jackson 5
48
00:01:53.040 --> 00:01:53.920
and then when
49
00:01:53.920 --> 00:01:57.530
you go to rotate, if you're actually pushing through your legs and you're
50
00:01:57.530 --> 00:01:58.380
pushing through
51
00:01:58.380 --> 00:02:01.300
your hips, I'm going to get some resistance there.
52
00:02:01.300 --> 00:02:05.400
If I get to this position and I'm just rotating my upper body, I'm not going to
53
00:02:05.400 --> 00:02:05.980
feel anything
54
00:02:05.980 --> 00:02:08.500
in my lower body pushing up against it, in fact I'm probably going to feel it
55
00:02:08.500 --> 00:02:08.780
more in
56
00:02:08.780 --> 00:02:09.880
my shoulders.
57
00:02:09.880 --> 00:02:14.060
So we were doing the Jackson 5 to follow through, next we're going to add the
58
00:02:14.060 --> 00:02:14.900
backswing.
59
00:02:14.900 --> 00:02:19.840
So now we're going to go backswing, Jackson 5 to follow through.
60
00:02:19.840 --> 00:02:25.640
This is lower body training specifically for what we really need for the driver
61
00:02:25.640 --> 00:02:26.000
.
62
00:02:26.000 --> 00:02:30.690
You can get away with having a good upper body dominant swing to hit an iron,
63
00:02:30.690 --> 00:02:31.180
it's not
64
00:02:31.180 --> 00:02:32.340
going to work for the driver.
65
00:02:32.340 --> 00:02:38.540
So here's my backswing, there's my Jackson 5, there's that follow through.
66
00:02:38.540 --> 00:02:43.220
We got backswing, Jackson 5, follow through.
67
00:02:43.220 --> 00:02:49.520
Okay once we've done that, now we can bring our hands on the club head end and
68
00:02:49.520 --> 00:02:50.120
we're
69
00:02:50.120 --> 00:02:54.550
going to go up to the top of the swing, Jackson 5, let that upper body respond
70
00:02:54.550 --> 00:02:55.480
and then rotate
71
00:02:55.480 --> 00:02:57.480
into that follow through.
72
00:02:57.480 --> 00:03:03.500
So we got backswing, we got Jackson 5, rotate into that follow through.
73
00:03:03.500 --> 00:03:07.880
Backswing, Jackson 5, rotate into that follow through.
74
00:03:07.880 --> 00:03:11.490
And then you can turn the club right side up, I don't have an actual club for
75
00:03:11.490 --> 00:03:11.880
this drill
76
00:03:11.880 --> 00:03:14.900
but you can turn it right side up and practice finding the ground.
77
00:03:14.900 --> 00:03:19.070
So feeling how that club is making contact with either the turf or the mat and
78
00:03:19.070 --> 00:03:19.900
then finally
79
00:03:19.900 --> 00:03:21.340
go to the golf ball.
80
00:03:21.340 --> 00:03:25.750
What I find is too many golfers tend to hear about the Jackson 5, watch the
81
00:03:25.750 --> 00:03:26.540
video, say
82
00:03:26.540 --> 00:03:29.540
okay I got it and then put the club in their hand and try to do it.
83
00:03:29.540 --> 00:03:34.860
It's much easier to train the body than it is to cognitively understand the
84
00:03:34.860 --> 00:03:35.540
drill and
85
00:03:35.540 --> 00:03:38.500
then try to magically put it in when you're doing the actual golf swing.
1
00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:03.680
This drill video is the Jackson 5 progression.
2
00:00:03.680 --> 00:00:07.300
So basically what we're going to do is we're going to take the Jackson 5, which
3
00:00:07.300 --> 00:00:07.800
if you watch
4
00:00:07.800 --> 00:00:11.410
that video is simply learning how to do this little side bend, goes through all
5
00:00:11.410 --> 00:00:11.920
the details
6
00:00:11.920 --> 00:00:12.920
of that.
7
00:00:12.920 --> 00:00:17.040
We're going to take that movement and bring it progressively closer to the golf
8
00:00:17.040 --> 00:00:17.640
swing.
9
00:00:17.640 --> 00:00:20.000
So first what we're going to do is just standing up.
10
00:00:20.000 --> 00:00:23.610
So you're going to take your club, or here I've just got a shaft, you're going
11
00:00:23.610 --> 00:00:23.980
to place
12
00:00:23.980 --> 00:00:27.520
it across your pelvis so that you can put your thumbs on your hips.
13
00:00:27.520 --> 00:00:31.130
Now if you have a hard time finding your hips, you can just kind of put your
14
00:00:31.130 --> 00:00:31.840
hands wide along
15
00:00:31.840 --> 00:00:35.640
your hips and you can bend to feel exactly where those hip bones are moving.
16
00:00:35.640 --> 00:00:37.120
So mine are right there.
17
00:00:37.120 --> 00:00:40.070
So we're going to put my thumbs on my hips and we're just going to do a few
18
00:00:40.070 --> 00:00:41.400
Jackson 5.
19
00:00:41.400 --> 00:00:44.680
Now if you remember from the Jackson 5 video, we want to make sure that we're
20
00:00:44.680 --> 00:00:45.400
not just doing
21
00:00:45.400 --> 00:00:48.060
it in the back, kind of like so.
22
00:00:48.060 --> 00:00:53.100
We want to make sure that my spine is staying pretty vertical to my pelvis and
23
00:00:53.100 --> 00:00:53.700
I'm just
24
00:00:53.700 --> 00:00:56.000
tilting my pelvis from my hips.
25
00:00:56.000 --> 00:00:58.800
Next progression, we're going to do it in golf posture.
26
00:00:58.800 --> 00:01:02.420
Now you should be doing this facing a mirror so that you can make sure that you
27
00:01:02.420 --> 00:01:03.400
're maintaining
28
00:01:03.400 --> 00:01:07.660
good alignment in your upper body and you're using the right muscles in your
29
00:01:07.660 --> 00:01:08.240
hips.
30
00:01:08.240 --> 00:01:11.090
You want to make sure that you're not shifting your entire body and you want to
31
00:01:11.090 --> 00:01:11.520
make sure
32
00:01:11.520 --> 00:01:14.800
you're not just kinking your spine or just moving your upper body but that it's
33
00:01:14.800 --> 00:01:15.320
all moving
34
00:01:15.320 --> 00:01:18.080
together from the lower body.
35
00:01:18.080 --> 00:01:20.960
The next phase is we're going to add rotation.
36
00:01:20.960 --> 00:01:25.070
So we're going to go Jackson 5 and then we're going to rotate into the follow
37
00:01:25.070 --> 00:01:25.620
through.
38
00:01:25.620 --> 00:01:29.850
So we're going to do Jackson 5 and then rotate into that follow through
39
00:01:29.850 --> 00:01:30.680
position.
40
00:01:30.680 --> 00:01:36.710
So Jackson 5, rotate and make sure when you go to rotate that you don't stand
41
00:01:36.710 --> 00:01:37.560
up or over
42
00:01:37.560 --> 00:01:40.320
rotate your upper body or lose the side bend.
43
00:01:40.320 --> 00:01:42.840
So we've got this side bend, it's going to continue as I go into the follow
44
00:01:42.840 --> 00:01:44.420
through position.
45
00:01:44.420 --> 00:01:48.170
One fun way to add resistance to that is if you set up next to say this is the
46
00:01:48.170 --> 00:01:48.660
corner
47
00:01:48.660 --> 00:01:53.040
of a wall, you get right up against the wall, you're going to do the Jackson 5
48
00:01:53.040 --> 00:01:53.920
and then when
49
00:01:53.920 --> 00:01:57.530
you go to rotate, if you're actually pushing through your legs and you're
50
00:01:57.530 --> 00:01:58.380
pushing through
51
00:01:58.380 --> 00:02:01.300
your hips, I'm going to get some resistance there.
52
00:02:01.300 --> 00:02:05.400
If I get to this position and I'm just rotating my upper body, I'm not going to
53
00:02:05.400 --> 00:02:05.980
feel anything
54
00:02:05.980 --> 00:02:08.500
in my lower body pushing up against it, in fact I'm probably going to feel it
55
00:02:08.500 --> 00:02:08.780
more in
56
00:02:08.780 --> 00:02:09.880
my shoulders.
57
00:02:09.880 --> 00:02:14.060
So we were doing the Jackson 5 to follow through, next we're going to add the
58
00:02:14.060 --> 00:02:14.900
backswing.
59
00:02:14.900 --> 00:02:19.840
So now we're going to go backswing, Jackson 5 to follow through.
60
00:02:19.840 --> 00:02:25.640
This is lower body training specifically for what we really need for the driver
61
00:02:25.640 --> 00:02:26.000
.
62
00:02:26.000 --> 00:02:30.690
You can get away with having a good upper body dominant swing to hit an iron,
63
00:02:30.690 --> 00:02:31.180
it's not
64
00:02:31.180 --> 00:02:32.340
going to work for the driver.
65
00:02:32.340 --> 00:02:38.540
So here's my backswing, there's my Jackson 5, there's that follow through.
66
00:02:38.540 --> 00:02:43.220
We got backswing, Jackson 5, follow through.
67
00:02:43.220 --> 00:02:49.520
Okay once we've done that, now we can bring our hands on the club head end and
68
00:02:49.520 --> 00:02:50.120
we're
69
00:02:50.120 --> 00:02:54.550
going to go up to the top of the swing, Jackson 5, let that upper body respond
70
00:02:54.550 --> 00:02:55.480
and then rotate
71
00:02:55.480 --> 00:02:57.480
into that follow through.
72
00:02:57.480 --> 00:03:03.500
So we got backswing, we got Jackson 5, rotate into that follow through.
73
00:03:03.500 --> 00:03:07.880
Backswing, Jackson 5, rotate into that follow through.
74
00:03:07.880 --> 00:03:11.490
And then you can turn the club right side up, I don't have an actual club for
75
00:03:11.490 --> 00:03:11.880
this drill
76
00:03:11.880 --> 00:03:14.900
but you can turn it right side up and practice finding the ground.
77
00:03:14.900 --> 00:03:19.070
So feeling how that club is making contact with either the turf or the mat and
78
00:03:19.070 --> 00:03:19.900
then finally
79
00:03:19.900 --> 00:03:21.340
go to the golf ball.
80
00:03:21.340 --> 00:03:25.750
What I find is too many golfers tend to hear about the Jackson 5, watch the
81
00:03:25.750 --> 00:03:26.540
video, say
82
00:03:26.540 --> 00:03:29.540
okay I got it and then put the club in their hand and try to do it.
83
00:03:29.540 --> 00:03:34.860
It's much easier to train the body than it is to cognitively understand the
84
00:03:34.860 --> 00:03:35.540
drill and
85
00:03:35.540 --> 00:03:38.500
then try to magically put it in when you're doing the actual golf swing.
Have questions?
Ask Mulligan for help
Tyler Ferrell is the only person in the world named to Golf Digest's list of
Best Young Teachers in America AND its list of Best Golf Fitness Professionals in America.
Improve Your Side Bend for a Better Golf Swing
After this video, you'll be able to:
- Understand how to properly engage your hips for a more effective swing.
- Feel the difference between an upright spine and a proper side bend during your setup.
- Integrate rotation into your follow-through for improved shot consistency.
In this drill, you'll learn the Jackson 5 progression to enhance your side bend, which is crucial for a proper golf swing. By breaking down the movement, you'll build a solid foundation for better alignment and rotation in your game.
Video Transcript
WEBVTT
1
00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:03.680
This drill video is the Jackson 5 progression.
2
00:00:03.680 --> 00:00:07.300
So basically what we're going to do is we're going to take the Jackson 5, which
3
00:00:07.300 --> 00:00:07.800
if you watch
4
00:00:07.800 --> 00:00:11.410
that video is simply learning how to do this little side bend, goes through all
5
00:00:11.410 --> 00:00:11.920
the details
6
00:00:11.920 --> 00:00:12.920
of that.
7
00:00:12.920 --> 00:00:17.040
We're going to take that movement and bring it progressively closer to the golf
8
00:00:17.040 --> 00:00:17.640
swing.
9
00:00:17.640 --> 00:00:20.000
So first what we're going to do is just standing up.
10
00:00:20.000 --> 00:00:23.610
So you're going to take your club, or here I've just got a shaft, you're going
11
00:00:23.610 --> 00:00:23.980
to place
12
00:00:23.980 --> 00:00:27.520
it across your pelvis so that you can put your thumbs on your hips.
13
00:00:27.520 --> 00:00:31.130
Now if you have a hard time finding your hips, you can just kind of put your
14
00:00:31.130 --> 00:00:31.840
hands wide along
15
00:00:31.840 --> 00:00:35.640
your hips and you can bend to feel exactly where those hip bones are moving.
16
00:00:35.640 --> 00:00:37.120
So mine are right there.
17
00:00:37.120 --> 00:00:40.070
So we're going to put my thumbs on my hips and we're just going to do a few
18
00:00:40.070 --> 00:00:41.400
Jackson 5.
19
00:00:41.400 --> 00:00:44.680
Now if you remember from the Jackson 5 video, we want to make sure that we're
20
00:00:44.680 --> 00:00:45.400
not just doing
21
00:00:45.400 --> 00:00:48.060
it in the back, kind of like so.
22
00:00:48.060 --> 00:00:53.100
We want to make sure that my spine is staying pretty vertical to my pelvis and
23
00:00:53.100 --> 00:00:53.700
I'm just
24
00:00:53.700 --> 00:00:56.000
tilting my pelvis from my hips.
25
00:00:56.000 --> 00:00:58.800
Next progression, we're going to do it in golf posture.
26
00:00:58.800 --> 00:01:02.420
Now you should be doing this facing a mirror so that you can make sure that you
27
00:01:02.420 --> 00:01:03.400
're maintaining
28
00:01:03.400 --> 00:01:07.660
good alignment in your upper body and you're using the right muscles in your
29
00:01:07.660 --> 00:01:08.240
hips.
30
00:01:08.240 --> 00:01:11.090
You want to make sure that you're not shifting your entire body and you want to
31
00:01:11.090 --> 00:01:11.520
make sure
32
00:01:11.520 --> 00:01:14.800
you're not just kinking your spine or just moving your upper body but that it's
33
00:01:14.800 --> 00:01:15.320
all moving
34
00:01:15.320 --> 00:01:18.080
together from the lower body.
35
00:01:18.080 --> 00:01:20.960
The next phase is we're going to add rotation.
36
00:01:20.960 --> 00:01:25.070
So we're going to go Jackson 5 and then we're going to rotate into the follow
37
00:01:25.070 --> 00:01:25.620
through.
38
00:01:25.620 --> 00:01:29.850
So we're going to do Jackson 5 and then rotate into that follow through
39
00:01:29.850 --> 00:01:30.680
position.
40
00:01:30.680 --> 00:01:36.710
So Jackson 5, rotate and make sure when you go to rotate that you don't stand
41
00:01:36.710 --> 00:01:37.560
up or over
42
00:01:37.560 --> 00:01:40.320
rotate your upper body or lose the side bend.
43
00:01:40.320 --> 00:01:42.840
So we've got this side bend, it's going to continue as I go into the follow
44
00:01:42.840 --> 00:01:44.420
through position.
45
00:01:44.420 --> 00:01:48.170
One fun way to add resistance to that is if you set up next to say this is the
46
00:01:48.170 --> 00:01:48.660
corner
47
00:01:48.660 --> 00:01:53.040
of a wall, you get right up against the wall, you're going to do the Jackson 5
48
00:01:53.040 --> 00:01:53.920
and then when
49
00:01:53.920 --> 00:01:57.530
you go to rotate, if you're actually pushing through your legs and you're
50
00:01:57.530 --> 00:01:58.380
pushing through
51
00:01:58.380 --> 00:02:01.300
your hips, I'm going to get some resistance there.
52
00:02:01.300 --> 00:02:05.400
If I get to this position and I'm just rotating my upper body, I'm not going to
53
00:02:05.400 --> 00:02:05.980
feel anything
54
00:02:05.980 --> 00:02:08.500
in my lower body pushing up against it, in fact I'm probably going to feel it
55
00:02:08.500 --> 00:02:08.780
more in
56
00:02:08.780 --> 00:02:09.880
my shoulders.
57
00:02:09.880 --> 00:02:14.060
So we were doing the Jackson 5 to follow through, next we're going to add the
58
00:02:14.060 --> 00:02:14.900
backswing.
59
00:02:14.900 --> 00:02:19.840
So now we're going to go backswing, Jackson 5 to follow through.
60
00:02:19.840 --> 00:02:25.640
This is lower body training specifically for what we really need for the driver
61
00:02:25.640 --> 00:02:26.000
.
62
00:02:26.000 --> 00:02:30.690
You can get away with having a good upper body dominant swing to hit an iron,
63
00:02:30.690 --> 00:02:31.180
it's not
64
00:02:31.180 --> 00:02:32.340
going to work for the driver.
65
00:02:32.340 --> 00:02:38.540
So here's my backswing, there's my Jackson 5, there's that follow through.
66
00:02:38.540 --> 00:02:43.220
We got backswing, Jackson 5, follow through.
67
00:02:43.220 --> 00:02:49.520
Okay once we've done that, now we can bring our hands on the club head end and
68
00:02:49.520 --> 00:02:50.120
we're
69
00:02:50.120 --> 00:02:54.550
going to go up to the top of the swing, Jackson 5, let that upper body respond
70
00:02:54.550 --> 00:02:55.480
and then rotate
71
00:02:55.480 --> 00:02:57.480
into that follow through.
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So we got backswing, we got Jackson 5, rotate into that follow through.
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Backswing, Jackson 5, rotate into that follow through.
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And then you can turn the club right side up, I don't have an actual club for
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this drill
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but you can turn it right side up and practice finding the ground.
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So feeling how that club is making contact with either the turf or the mat and
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then finally
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go to the golf ball.
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What I find is too many golfers tend to hear about the Jackson 5, watch the
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video, say
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okay I got it and then put the club in their hand and try to do it.
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It's much easier to train the body than it is to cognitively understand the
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drill and
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then try to magically put it in when you're doing the actual golf swing.
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This drill video is the Jackson 5 progression.
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So basically what we're going to do is we're going to take the Jackson 5, which
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if you watch
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that video is simply learning how to do this little side bend, goes through all
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the details
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of that.
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We're going to take that movement and bring it progressively closer to the golf
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swing.
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So first what we're going to do is just standing up.
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So you're going to take your club, or here I've just got a shaft, you're going
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to place
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it across your pelvis so that you can put your thumbs on your hips.
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Now if you have a hard time finding your hips, you can just kind of put your
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hands wide along
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your hips and you can bend to feel exactly where those hip bones are moving.
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So mine are right there.
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So we're going to put my thumbs on my hips and we're just going to do a few
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Jackson 5.
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Now if you remember from the Jackson 5 video, we want to make sure that we're
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not just doing
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it in the back, kind of like so.
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We want to make sure that my spine is staying pretty vertical to my pelvis and
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I'm just
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tilting my pelvis from my hips.
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Next progression, we're going to do it in golf posture.
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Now you should be doing this facing a mirror so that you can make sure that you
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're maintaining
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good alignment in your upper body and you're using the right muscles in your
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hips.
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You want to make sure that you're not shifting your entire body and you want to
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make sure
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you're not just kinking your spine or just moving your upper body but that it's
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all moving
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together from the lower body.
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The next phase is we're going to add rotation.
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So we're going to go Jackson 5 and then we're going to rotate into the follow
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through.
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So we're going to do Jackson 5 and then rotate into that follow through
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position.
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So Jackson 5, rotate and make sure when you go to rotate that you don't stand
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up or over
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rotate your upper body or lose the side bend.
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So we've got this side bend, it's going to continue as I go into the follow
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through position.
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One fun way to add resistance to that is if you set up next to say this is the
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corner
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of a wall, you get right up against the wall, you're going to do the Jackson 5
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and then when
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you go to rotate, if you're actually pushing through your legs and you're
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pushing through
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your hips, I'm going to get some resistance there.
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If I get to this position and I'm just rotating my upper body, I'm not going to
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feel anything
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in my lower body pushing up against it, in fact I'm probably going to feel it
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more in
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my shoulders.
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So we were doing the Jackson 5 to follow through, next we're going to add the
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backswing.
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So now we're going to go backswing, Jackson 5 to follow through.
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This is lower body training specifically for what we really need for the driver
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.
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You can get away with having a good upper body dominant swing to hit an iron,
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it's not
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going to work for the driver.
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So here's my backswing, there's my Jackson 5, there's that follow through.
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We got backswing, Jackson 5, follow through.
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Okay once we've done that, now we can bring our hands on the club head end and
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we're
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going to go up to the top of the swing, Jackson 5, let that upper body respond
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and then rotate
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into that follow through.
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So we got backswing, we got Jackson 5, rotate into that follow through.
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Backswing, Jackson 5, rotate into that follow through.
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And then you can turn the club right side up, I don't have an actual club for
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this drill
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00:03:11.880 --> 00:03:14.900
but you can turn it right side up and practice finding the ground.
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So feeling how that club is making contact with either the turf or the mat and
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then finally
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go to the golf ball.
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00:03:21.340 --> 00:03:25.750
What I find is too many golfers tend to hear about the Jackson 5, watch the
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video, say
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00:03:26.540 --> 00:03:29.540
okay I got it and then put the club in their hand and try to do it.
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00:03:29.540 --> 00:03:34.860
It's much easier to train the body than it is to cognitively understand the
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00:03:34.860 --> 00:03:35.540
drill and
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00:03:35.540 --> 00:03:38.500
then try to magically put it in when you're doing the actual golf swing.
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